How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
—John Muir
Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains.
—Marilyn French
My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.
—Aldous Huxley
The mountain remains unmoved at seeming defeat by the mist.
—Rabindranath Tagore
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
—Edward Abbey
The mountains are calling and I must go.
—John Muir
Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
—William Blake
Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.
—Hosea Ballou
Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.
—Nathaniel Hawthorne
Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.
—Eric Hoffer
What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.
—Victor Hugo
I learn something every time I go into the mountains.
—Michael Kennedy